Date No 2

Last Thursday my husband took me out again so cool. We went to the movies to see Star Trek. We arrived at Hoyts about 8.30pm and it was packed we had to queue. Night Museum 2 opening night so I was thinking/hoping most of these patrons would be going to that movie. I was right there were only 20 people maxs which meant you could sit anywhere. We were allocated good seats anyway. Dave doesn't have any patients and waiting in a queue is not his favourite time, infact Dave doesn't like waitng for anything, when I was pregnant with both children he would come home everyday or ring and ask is it ready to come out yet? He even insisted on knowing if it was a boy or a girl??? I really wanted Kate to be a surprise but his annoying question drove me insane that at my next scan I found out the sex. However I kept it to myself for quite awhile (well until I couldn't stand his pestering comments).

Anyway the movie was fantastic I was captured right from the start. I loved everything about the movie and the casting of the crew was spot on. I really liked that the original Mr Spock was in the movie. The quirkiness of James T Kirk was funny. I will go again I must!!!!!!

The date was good and we took our own treats (idea we got from Haki and Ange), although Dave did get a hot chocolate and I had to have a menphis big nuts ice cream. Dave would like to make this a regular event so watch the space........

District Conference

This weekend we had district conference. Apart from the cold wet weather it was a very awesome weekend. Here are the highlights:

Saturday 4pm Session

• focused on going to the temple, temple work
• Elder Roberts grandchildren reciting Article of Faith
• parenting children/youth
• family home evening
• technology good/bad

Saturday 6.30pm

• Lots of pizza (went really fast)
• Kate's yummy fruit salad
• Dave took children home

Saturday Concert

• Meikyja and Kate singing (awesome)
• Melissa and Theressa beautiful
• YSA Island dance trip (Elder Price awesome haka!!!!!!!)
• The quartet good job with Somewhere over the Rainbow
• Scotty poor wayfaring man song lovely

Sunday Session

• Having Ben and Stacey in the choir with me
• Nicholas stayed with us and drew great pictures
• New District Presidency (Geoff Mitchell, Jason Gaskill and Steve Smith)
• New converts testimony (Invercargill branch)
• Sister Fortune and Brother Smith testimony
• Elder Roberts talk
• Staying awake (worked on Saturday night)

Although I spent most of my time in the foyer with Kate and didn't get to hear all the talks I still really love going to conference and feeling the spirit and being among other members.

Labels

I'm on a roll this is the most blogging I've ever done. But I had to mention my labels for my blog page. It was annoying me I had so many label word that it took up most of my blog page. So tonight whilst my patients slept soundly I manage to condense my labels Yeah for me and change my blog background and wrote two stories. I am so clever. Well until next week unless something crazy happens and I get time at home to sit and blog (not) take care faithful readers. xxxxxx

The tummy bug

After spending the day with Kate, Meikyja and Asha (who previously had the bug). My family has been hit with the tummy bug. First I awoke on Friday 1.30 am to this roaring noise. I jumped out of bed to discover vomit running down my wall and the guest bathroom floor/carpet covered in vomit and Ben's head down the toilet. Oh no Ben I thought he is suppose to be at a "on the job experience" at McDonald's in 3 hours Noooooooooo is all I could think of. This wont look good if he doesn't make it. I hoped it was just a random spew but alas it was not to be as he continued throughout the night. I believe I smelt very bad after the big clean up how could someone have so much vomit. Again the job at McDonald's was playing on my mind so at 4.30 am I drove to McDonald's and talked to the manager explaining Ben's position and that he really wanted the job. Lucky, he rescheduled Ben for today. The amazing thing about going to McDonald's at 4.30 am was the amount of drunken people there eating (well trying too). Most of them were just abusive, loud, pigs. As for the young girls they too were very intoxicated and one girl was laying on the stairway showing her morning glory whilst some guy was trying to pick her up. All I could think of was I am so blessed to be in the gospel and that my girls/boys were tucked up safely in bed.

Hoping the tummy bug was just a one off alas it struck again this time Dave and although he didn't vomit he was totally whacked and felt very nauseous. The funny thing about Dave is he woke on Saturday morning at 6am and felt really sick. His cure was to go for a 3 hour run but it didn't cure him at all. At this stage I was feeling a little queasy but nothing has come of it thank goodness.

Saturday night I was putting Nicholas to bed when he said "mummy I have a sore tummy" Oh no another long night for me. I put a town on his bed and said if you are going to be sick please be sick in the towel try really hard not to get it on the carpet. Bless him I went back a little later and he had been sick and he didn't get any on the carpet but because his vomit was a thick consistency he managed to perfectly vomit on top of his bookcase (sorry if this is grossing anyone out). As a nurse you get use to talking about poos, wees and other gross stuff. Easily to clean up and 3 pairs of P.J's and 2 sets of sheets the worst of the vomiting was over and Yeah none on the carpet.

Meanwhile Kate 08 has diarrhoea and very smelly little girl but touch wood no vomiting. So now we wait to see if Alison catches the bug so far so good!!!!!!!